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This report is a hard read, but necessary for police leaders around the country
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Developing an awareness of bomb-making materials can help law enforcement officers spot trouble and call in the experts
The suspect can be heard asking police to shoot him before officers opened fire
A study found that 140 police officers died by suicide in 2017, compared to 129 officer LODDs
Investigators have said Det. Sean Suiter was attacked in November 2017 while investigating a 2016 triple homicide with his partner in a high-crime neighborhood
A man described as a career criminal will face a murder charge in the shooting death of Officer Sean Gannon
Multiple Massachusetts police departments expressed their condolences and extended their sympathies to the family of K-9 Officer Sean Gannon
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Try the three moves described here by a fellow LEO to build strength and avoid injury
Police said a suspect “gouged his thumb” into the deputy’s eye at least four times while the LEO tried to arrest him
Officer Kevin Crossley was a part-time officer who was working in the village of Whitesboro
Police said the video’s release was to dispel “misinformation and rumor” about the incident
Several LEOs were about to hold a briefing in the parking lot when Jonathan Bennett drove up
Officers tried to reason with the man and use a Taser to subdue him before shooting him
Officer Keith Earle, 46, died two weeks after being injured in a head-on collision while on-duty
We can’t expect legislators to know what it’s like to make the kinds of decisions they presume to govern, but a grasp of the facts is a reasonable expectation
Police fatally shot the suspect after he shot and wounded the K-9
My perception of my son as secure and healthy and strong didn’t allow me to see that he could be capable of suicide
Officer Joe Peterson wrestled with alcoholism and the stresses of life as a police officer, a sometimes combustible combination
Police said the suspect shot his wife while their three children watched
Ainsley Johnson gulped down the fingertip during a fight with a cop who was escorting him into a jail cell
Witnesses said the suspect was slashing and stabbing himself with a knife before he was shot by police
Police are trying to ID the driver who changed lanes in front of Officer Jamal Shaw and who did not remain on scene
Hundreds of police from across Connecticut and the nation gathered to honor Trooper Kevin Miller
San Angelo officers will have the protection of rifle-resistant body armor thanks to a $98,938 grant from the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor’s Office
The “Newhall Shooting” as it came to be known, was the worst day in the history of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), and a pivotal day for American LE
Dustin Hamilton left behind a note, threatening to kill civilians and police officers in San Francisco
Corporal Dale Hallman served five years with the Saluda County Sheriff’s Office
Assistant Police Chief Charles Ramirez said the video “provides insight into the erratic behavior and active resistance” by the suspect
One officer “who dealt directly with the individual on fire” is expected to be hospitalized for 10 days
Police released videos that showed Saheed Vassell thrusting a metal object into the faces of several people
44-year-old Dustin Hamilton made threats to “kill people in the city of San Francisco and any law enforcement personnel”
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